Master cylinder

MASTER CYLINDER

Service repair no - 70.30.08

Before starting repair refer to general brake service practice See General Brake Service Practice

Remove

1. Disconnect battery.
2. Place a container under the master cylinder to catch escaping brake fluid.

Refit

3. Clean area round master cylinder ports.
4. Disconnect pipes from master cylinder ports. Cover, not plug, the pipe ends to prevent entry of dirt. 10. Ensuring that water ingress seal is in position, fit
5. Disconnect electrical leads from reservoir cap.
6. Remove two nuts securing master cylinder to servo and withdraw cylinder. 11. Connect brake pipes to master cylinder ports
7. Remove reservoir cap and drain fluid into suitable container for disposal. 12. Fit electrical leads to reservoir cap
8. The reservoir is a push fit in the master cylinder 13. Fill reservoir with recommended brake fluid. and secured by seals. Carefully ease the reservoir from the master cylinder by rolling it from the seals. Note that the two seals are different in size. 14. Bleed the brake system
15. Reconnect battery and road test vehicle.
9. Insert new reservoir seals in the master cylinder ports and fit reservoir to master cylinder.

master cylinder to servo. Tighten fixings to 26 Nm, 19 lbf/ft.

and tighten to 15 Nm, 11 lbf/ft.

• See
• LUBRICANTS, FLUIDS AND CAPACITIES,
• Information, Recommended lubricants and
• fluids
• See Brake system
• bleed